We had the time, we had the money so why not take another trip. We wanted to ventured farther this time. So we decided on Berlin. It was a the first time we would stay in a German hotel. Talk about a different experience. Our bed was over sized king bed so we all three fit into it. One major surprise was the bathroom. We had a sink and shower stall in our room and the toilet was shared down the hall. We really didn't know what to think but we didn't have any other choice.
We walked the city for hours and saw everything we could. Checkpoint Charlie, the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Zoo and of the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch. Checkpoint Charlie was really interesting especially see the car that people hid in near the engine. Driving through the Brandenburg gate was something but then walking back through was even wilder.
The zoo was a total new experience. You could get much closer to the animals and when it was time to feed them the workers would just walk through the zoo with dead animals to throw them into the pits. Lunch was awesome and it was wonderful to have real American cooking again.
The second night at the hotel seem to be pretty uneventful. That was until about 2am. Then a fight broke out in the bar across the street from our hotel. We were woken up to someone being thrown through a plate glass window. We stood at the window watching with our mouths wide open wondering what would happen next. Then before we could blink the police where there and everything was back under control. Of course Rob had managed to sleep through the event.
Our trip came to and end too quickly and it was time to head home. The drive up took about 4 hours so we were expecting the same thing for the drive home. Boy were we wrong. We hit a major "stau", the German word for traffic jam. They are like nothing you would see in the states. Instead of 4 hours this one took us 8 hours! And once you get into one it almost impossible to get out.
Finally we were home and dropped right into bed. Unpacking would have to wait until tomorrow.
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